Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0East Norriton Township records more property crime per head than seven in ten U.S. towns
2 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put East Norriton Township at C+ (#462 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns. Each year brought 1.3 violent crimes and 17.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania).
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of PA” is every other Pennsylvania city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in East Norriton Township
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on East Norriton Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Whitpain Township (A), West Norriton Township (C+), Norristown (C−), Plymouth Township (D). Worcester Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so East Norriton Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 20% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 41% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
East Norriton Township has 9,175 jobs based in town for 14,249 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind East Norriton Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds East Norriton Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (17.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Norriton Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Norriton Township’s police reported 56 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in East Norriton Township per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | East Norriton Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | East Norriton Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.7 | 19.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 21.4 | 17.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 14.4 | 16.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
229 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
21 violent and 208 property, as reported to the FBI by East Norriton Township’s police.
Four people died in crashes on East Norriton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
East Norriton Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of East Norriton Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Norriton Township’s own rate (5.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
East Norriton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Norriton Township | C+ | 1.3 | 17.1 |
| Worcester Township | — | — | — |
| Plymouth Township | D | 1.3 | 55.4 |
| West Norriton Township | C+ | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| Norristown | C− | 4.5 | 18.9 |
| Whitpain Township | A | 0.1 | 5.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Worcester Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Norriton Township | C+ | 1.3 | 17.1 |
| Plumstead Township | A | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Nether Providence Township | A | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Lower Moreland Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Richland Township | B | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| Greensburg | B | 2.1 | 7.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to East Norriton Township’s population (14,249), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of East Norriton Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against East Norriton Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,456 in 2025); our figure for East Norriton Township is 14,249 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in East Norriton Township
Is East Norriton Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Norriton Township reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #462 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in East Norriton Township?
1.3 violent and 17.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is East Norriton Township safer than Plymouth Township?
Plymouth Township reports more crime per resident than East Norriton Township: Plymouth Township grades D for safety and East Norriton Township C+. Plymouth Township’s police reported 1.3 violent and 55.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Norriton Township?
East Norriton Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Norriton Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.